Quincy, WA is the location of several giant data center facilities from industry titans such as Microsoft, Intuit, Vantage Data Centers, Yahoo!, Sabey, and Dell. There is around 2,308,000 sq. ft. of data center facility space (including current projects and additional phase build-outs). Not bad for an area predominantly known for it’s U.S. leading potato farming.

Sabey, Vantage Data Centers, Intuit, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Dell all have a data center presence in Quincy, Washtingont State. Combined data center space of these facilities will total over 2.3 Million sq. ft. when built out.

Connectivity Options

Connectivity to Quincy, WA is provided by wholesale dark fiber providers NoaNet and Grant County PUD. Zayo, Level3, Verizon and Frontier have purchased capacity from the wholesale providers in order to offer their services to the data center facilities.

Sabey

Sabey’s Intergate.Quincy data center complex will span some 520,000 sq. ft. of data center space. Sabey has documented their Quincy build-out progress with a flickr photostream. Sabey will be building in some 48MW of power, which is a lot of power, but at the incredibly low price of $0.0225 KW/h.

I went to an interview at the Columbia datacenter, and there were about 20 people coming in and out when I was waiting for 10 mins. Im guessing about 200 -250, and they usually have people onsite 24 / 7 / 365.
There is always work going on at these places, Electricians, Heat and A/C techs, Welders, etc…

This definitely makes me feel better about my career choice in computers. It seems that more and more companies are flocking to Quincy, and living in Wenatchee is similar to the commute from North Seattle to downtown Seattle. About a 30 minute drive once on the highway and no “Bumper to bumper” like on I5 ^_^